Hi: Take a look at this CNN Money article. http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/30/news/international/India_usbrands/index.htm?postversion=2007050111 A 2006 McKinsey...
India and China will be the fastest-growing IT services markets this year, with spending of small and medium-sized businesses in both countries rising by 15...
Hi: Take a look at the list of US Top 100 startups. thanks Saifi. ... Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo!...
Interesting discussion here Unfettered economy is fast reshaping the global economy http://www.ft.com/cms/s/518482b4-1dc5-11dc-89f7-000b5df10621.html Digital...
An inspiring feat of engineering: Take a look at the WashingtonPost Slideshow on Beijing Lhasa Railway Entrepreneurs in a similar way must work doggedly to...
Hi: ThinkingAloud.in is a fortnightly e-newsletter of Internet and Mobile Association of India. Current theme is on Web 2.0. The editor writes - Web 2.0,...
Hi all: In the early days the sheer novelty of open source software being free had a certain allure. But actually using it meant dealing with myriad technical...
Hi all: Does anybody know how the Social networking sites are valued ? I mean take a look at FaceBook, MySpace. They are valued in billions of dollars. What is...
... Well Saifi, they are of great value because they have millions of users. Sure an OS social networking site is a good idea. But what exactly do we want the...
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Saifi, The general parameters for Social Network valuation are: 1. Number of Unique Visitors per Month 2. Number of Repeat Visits per Month/Week/Day 3. Average...
Hi all: Amazon has a $100,000 challenge for all entrepreneurs. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is searching for the next hot start-up that is leveraging AWS to build...
Good question. And very insightful response by Zubin. Advertisements surely mean direct money. So, more the advertisements and wealthier the eyeballs that see...
Hi all: Some of you may have already seen these slides. Brent C. Williams, spoke at the Eclipse DevConf about Open Source Business Models. Here is one slide...
Hi Namita! Parameter No. 4 in my response correlates with your point about social networks and their associated "social graphs" giving major insight into a ...
Hi Zubin, (Yes, I missed point 4 in your list.) ... OpenSource does not mean everybody works for free. It completely depends on the approach taken by the...
Hi Namita, Thanks for the clarifications! I am well aware of the "professional Open Source" paradigm that RedHat/JBoss/Alfresco/MySQL successfully practice. ...
Hi Zubin, I may not be able to cite examples of successful (or failed) OpenSource consumer services. Maybe there are none. However, that should not be the...
... This is surely going to be an interesting case study. The comments to the article too have some interesting links. Namita P.S. Dont miss the Facebook song...
Hi Saifi, Answering your question, any business is valued in terms of its existing revenue and its future potential, thats the most basic principle, but then...
Hi, Just some thoughts came to my mind. Today if we switch on TV we see many categorized TV channels. But there is no channel who just talk about technology,...
Hi all: SUN Microsystems is acquiring MySQL AB, Sweden, the developers of Open Source MySQL database. Technically, this means - . MySQL will be optimized for...
Hi all: Nokia is acquiring Trolltech in an all cash deal. Last week we had the SUN - MySQL news. Legal ... One thing that is common among both MySQL and...
Hi all: Some of you may already have seen this news, MSFT offers, $ 44.8Bn for Yahoo ! http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080201/microsoft_yahoo.html thanks Saifi....
Hi all: interesting interview of Rehan from Indian Angel Network. http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2008/jan/30rehan.htm Take a look at the IAN website ...
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